The overall best graduating student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has been honoured with the “Osasere Osifo Prize for Academic Excellence” award at the just concluded 46th and 47th combined convocation ceremony of the institution, Henry Ogorchukwu Abanum.
The Academic Excellence Prize is an initiative of a former President of the UNIBEN Students’ Union, Osasere Osifo, who is currently the Vice-President of the University of Benin Alumni Association, North America, UBAANA chapter, and also a member of the United States Air Force.
The award presentation ceremony took place on Monday at the University of Benin Students’ Affairs Division, where Abanum, who graduated with a First Class, 4.97 GPA, from the Faculty of Pharmacy, was honoured with the sum of N250,000 by Osifo in recognition of his academic excellence.
